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What's
the
face
of
business
today?
Just
15
years
ago,
the
answer
to
that
question
might
have
been
’the
retail
presence’
or,
in
a
few
rare
cases,
’the
celebrity
CEO.’
But
today,
the
best
and
most
common
answer
is,
quite
simply,
the
web.
Doubt
my
conclusion?
Consider
the
numbers.
Recent
statistics
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Today's
post
comes
from
Perry
Swenson,
Market
Manager,
IBM
Security.
As
a
company,
IBM
faces
the
same
security
threats
and
attacks
that
other
organizations
face
in
protecting
its
endpoints,
infrastructure
and
data
for
over
425,000
employees.
And
of
course,
like
other
organizations,
IBM
continues
to
look
for
ways
to
reduce
costs
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Today,
IBM
not
only
announced
its
intention
to
acquire
Q1
Labs,
but
also
to
form
a
new
division
of
Software
Group
called
IBM
Security
Systems.
There’s
a
press
release
you
can
read
here
that
will
cover
why
IBM
went
down
this
path
and
what
we’re
hoping
to
accomplish
with
... [ + Read more ]

When
it
comes
to
security,
the
challenges
we
face
today
are,
in
many
ways,
familiar
business
and
IT
challenges.
Based
on
the
events
of
the
last
year,
two
really
significant
questions
have
come
to
the
forefront
of
the
security
conversation.
The
first
is
around
the
level
of
investment
and
how
to
more
strategically
prioritize
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Each
year,
the
IBM
Beacon
Awards
recognize
the
most
innovative
solutions
from
IBM
Business
Partners.
Spanning
a
wide
range
of
solutions
and
markets
in
support
of
Smarter
Planet,
winning
solutions
consistently
demonstrate
exemplary
value
by
solving
real
business
issues
for
clients.
... [ + Read more ]

It
takes
a
tenacious
business
owner
to
hold
a
small
business
together
in
today's
economy.
But
sometimes,
tenacity
isn't
enough. In
fact,
small
and
midsize
business
owners
have
overwhelmingly
stated
that
the
biggest
inhibitor
to
growth
right
now
is
the
availability
of
financing
(or
lack
thereof).
Without
financing,
many
small
businesses
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Just
like
the
Internet
transformed
retailing,
media
and
entertainment
in
the
1990s,
social
networking
and
mobile
communications
are
now
putting
even
more
power
in
the
hands
of
individuals. Today,
70
percent
of
a
customer's
first
interaction
with
a
product
or
service
takes
place
online,
64
percent
make
a
first
purchase
because
... [ + Read more ]

Some
of
you
might
recall
a
blog
we
did
a
few
months
back
that
contained
highlights
from
the
Gartner
Security
and
Risk
Management
Summit
that
took
place
here
in
the
US.
This
week
Gartner
is
out
in
the
UK
and
we’ll
be
bringing
you
highlights
from
around
the
conference,
both
from
the
perspective
of
what
... [ + Read more ]

At
its
first
Smarter
Commerce
Global
Summit
on
September
19-21
in
San
Diego,
CA,
IBM
will
announce
new
software
and
services
that
address
a
broad
spectrum
of
enterprise
commerce
activities
--
new
ways
to
buy,
sell
and
secure
greater
customer
loyalty
in
the
era
of
mobile
and
social
networksHere's
a
... [ + Read more ]

You
know
one
of
the
interesting
things
I've
noticed,
and
it's
not
really
specific
to
security,
is
that
the
more
interconnected
the
world
becomes,
the
harder
it
is
to
find
the
root
cause
when
something
goes
wrong.
If
we
look
at
the
financial/mortgage
crisis
for
example,
if
you
wanted
to
... [ + Read more ]